Smoking causes 5-6 million avoidable deaths annually worldwide. One in 5 men and 1 in 20 women who die after age 30 die of smoking-related causes.
These distressing numbers should be enough to galvanize the California voters who will decide to accept or reject the California Cancer Research Act, commonly called Proposition 29 (or Prop 29). If Prop 29 passes, the money raised through new taxes on cigarettes will support research into smoking-related diseases.
